Analysis of ‘Hunting snake’ by Judith Wright
Background
The poem is set up in Australia, where big snakes are common. Two people are in this case displayed as having an encounter with Wrights snake, but the effects are long-lived. Thou the encounter happen in a short span, they eventually display long periods of sharp breath. The poem is made up of four quatrain stanzas, with a full regular rhyme appearing only in the last stanza. The aspects alongside its use of simple language make it seem easy to understand.
Analysis of the poem
Contrary to the perception of the subjects’ bare encounter with the snake might imply a hide of the innocence. A critical analysis also relates the scene to the biblical Garden of Eden. As a result, the subjects might be Adam and Eve, who after an encounter with the serpent, they suffered victims of long-lasting adverse effects. A different and more profound perspective is an indication of the relationship between humans and animals. Judith Wright is much associated with fighting for nature, not to mention the fight for the rights of the Aborigines. The aspect reflects in the
poem elaborating a subsisting psyche that nature holds over human beings.
Stanza to stanza analysis
The first stanza entails a hint of the appearing snake where serenity lies deep the first three lines. The reader is, in this case, prompted to read without a stop continuously. The sibilance in the seasons…and …sun gives a hint of the snake while the word grace in the first line develops the connection to the biblical Garden of Eden. As the reader takes a pause in the third line, so does the comfort and serenity. Perhaps the break in the stressing double – reel/ing sets forth provokes fear since the speaker thinks that the snake is out for mischief.
The second stanza comes in
control from a different realm. There is thus no actual pause of words since the snake comes flickering its tongue as a sign of smelling the prey. The language mirrors the crucial the speaker \’s impression. With head down, he quested….that word is regularly connected with medieval knights and valor and heroics. Might it be able to be the snake is viewed as honorable? Also, note the accentuation now on sexual orientation – the snake is a male. There is no explanation given, and we \’re not informed that the couples
are female, so the persona stays in obscurity. However more language to strengthen the possibility that the speaker is in the wonder of this snake…his bends of diamond scale…this is right around a design explanation. Diamonds are the hardest, the most costly stone on earth and here they are on the breastplate of a snake. So influenced are the couple they lose breath – and with it may be a level of
guiltlessness?
The stanza majors on the thinking of how the snake came about. The snake gave the witnesses no time to think around due to its astonishing speed. They thus held their eyes stuck towards it. The fourth stanza eventually forms the climax of figurative
symbolism. The witnesses are engaged in a series of flashbacks as the snake disappear undergrowth. They have been so consumed off their breath that they are taking time to recover. What sort of a small, strong and fierce creature could cause such immense tension within a short span? Perhaps, the encounter is symbolic of the psyche that nature has over human.